Both alleged victims spent hours testifying

Both alleged victims spent hours testifying about intimate details of their lives, a decision their attorneys said was brave.
A Pentagon report released last year estimated that as many as 26,000 military members may have been sexually assaulted in the prior year and that thousands
of victims are unwilling to come forward out of fear their careers might be derailed.
"We think victims ought to be supported and people ought to be encouraged to come forward and the right cases brought. This was not the right case," said
Sinclair's lawyer Richard Scheff.
Greg Jacob of the Service Women's Action Network said the case demonstrated the need for legislation that would strip commanders of the authority to
prosecute cases and give that power to seasoned military lawyers.
The bill, backed by Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., failed earlier this month to get the 60 votes needed to advance in the Senate. She is expected to bring
the legislation back later this year.
"This case has illustrated a military justice system in dire need of independence from the chain of command," Gillibrand said in a statement.
Not all senators are sold on the idea.
Sen. Lindsey Graham, a military lawyer for 31 years, said order and structure is critical to the military and taking commanders out of the decision will
destroy cohesion.
"This has been a male dominated business, like fire departments and police departments. Women are indispensable. Quite frankly, the environment in the
military needs to change and I believe it is. Every soldier, sailor, airman and Marine needs to own this," said Graham, R-S.C.